Hotline Statistics

The National Human Trafficking Hotline maintains one of the most extensive data sets on the issue of human trafficking in the United States. The statistics contained on this website are based on aggregated information learned through signals -- phone calls, emails, and online tip reports -- received by the Hotline. The data do not define the totality of human trafficking or of a trafficking network in any given area. The National Hotline uses this data to help human trafficking victims and survivors and to provide the anti-trafficking field with information to help combat all forms of human trafficking.

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To protect the identity of the people we serve, the National Hotline does not disclose exact statistics related to venues, industries, or caller information when referenced fewer than three times.

Since 2007

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Total statistics from 12/7/07 to 6/30/2018.

Since 2007

Total Signals:

195,215

Total Cases:

45,308

Total Calls:

170,430

Total Webforms:

12,855

Total Emails:

11,930

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Cases categorized as “High” contain a high level of indicators of human trafficking.
Cases coded as “Moderate” contain several indicators of human trafficking, or resemble common trafficking scenarios but lack core details of force, fraud, or coercion.

Total Victims - Moderate:

45,241

Total Victims - High:

62,412

The NHTH is seeing changes in the primary methods of communication used by signalers. In 2017 there was an increase in total signals (including calls, emails, and webforms) over 2016.

These statistics are non-cumulative. Cases may involve multiple victims and include males and females, foreign nationals and U.S. citizens, adults and minors. In some cases, callers do not provide demographic information.

Breakdown of Requests on Human Trafficking Cases

Top Ways the Caller Found the Hotline

Top Caller Types

26,557

Calls This Year

8,524

Human Trafficking Cases Reported This Year

Victims and Survivors Identified

High Indicators
10,708

Moderate Indicators
10,534

Calls From Victims & Survivors
4,687

Human Trafficking Cases Reported by State

Type of Trafficking

Top Venues/Industries for Labor Trafficking

Top Venues/Industries for Sex Trafficking

Gender

Age

Citizenship

These statistics are non-cumulative. Cases may involve multiple victims and include males and females, foreign nationals and U.S. citizens, adults and minors. In some cases, callers do not provide demographic information.

Breakdown of Requests on Human Trafficking Cases

Top Ways the Caller Found the Hotline

Top Caller Types

26,809

Calls This Year

7,565

Human Trafficking Cases Reported This Year

Victims and Survivors Identified

High Indicators
7,761

Moderate Indicators
9,074

Calls From Victims & Survivors
4,563

Human Trafficking Cases Reported by State

Type of Trafficking

Top Venues/Industries for Labor Trafficking

Top Venues/Industries for Sex Trafficking

Gender

Age

Citizenship

These statistics are non-cumulative. Cases may involve multiple victims and include males and females, foreign nationals and U.S. citizens, adults and minors. In some cases, callers do not provide demographic information.

Breakdown of Requests on Human Trafficking Cases

Top Ways the Caller Found the Hotline

Top Caller Types

22,532

Calls This Year

5,575

Human Trafficking Cases Reported This Year

Victims and Survivors Identified

High Indicators
7,029

Moderate Indicators
5,056

Calls From Victims & Survivors
3,729

Human Trafficking Cases Reported by State

Type of Trafficking

Top Venues/Industries for Labor Trafficking

Top Venues/Industries for Sex Trafficking

Gender

Age

Citizenship

These statistics are non-cumulative. Cases may involve multiple victims and include males and females, foreign nationals and U.S. citizens, adults and minors. In some cases, callers do not provide demographic information.

Breakdown of Requests on Human Trafficking Cases

Top Ways the Caller Found the Hotline

Top Caller Types

22,009

Calls This Year

5,041

Human Trafficking Cases Reported This Year

Victims and Survivors Identified

High Indicators
4,878

Moderate Indicators
4,957

Calls From Victims & Survivors
2,828

Human Trafficking Cases Reported by State

Type of Trafficking

Top Venues/Industries for Labor Trafficking

Top Venues/Industries for Sex Trafficking

Gender

Age

Citizenship

These statistics are non-cumulative. Cases may involve multiple victims and include males and females, foreign nationals and U.S. citizens, adults and minors. In some cases, callers do not provide demographic information.

Breakdown of Requests on Human Trafficking Cases

Top Ways the Caller Found the Hotline

Top Caller Types

20,759

Calls This Year

4,854

Human Trafficking Cases Reported This Year

Victims and Survivors Identified

High Indicators
4,066

Moderate Indicators
5,620

Calls From Victims & Survivors
2,193

Human Trafficking Cases Reported by State

Type of Trafficking

Top Venues/Industries for Labor Trafficking

Top Venues/Industries for Sex Trafficking

Gender

Age

Citizenship

These statistics are non-cumulative. Cases may involve multiple victims and include males and females, foreign nationals and U.S. citizens, adults and minors. In some cases, callers do not provide demographic information.

Breakdown of Requests on Human Trafficking Cases

Top Ways the Caller Found the Hotline

Top Caller Types

13,396

Calls This Year

3,272

Human Trafficking Cases Reported This Year

Victims and Survivors Identified

High Indicators
2,706

Moderate Indicators
4,082

Calls From Victims & Survivors
1,322

Human Trafficking Cases Reported by State

Type of Trafficking

Top Venues/Industries for Labor Trafficking

Top Venues/Industries for Sex Trafficking

Gender

Age

Citizenship

These statistics are non-cumulative. Cases may involve multiple victims and include males and females, foreign nationals and U.S. citizens, adults and minors. In some cases, callers do not provide demographic information.

Breakdown of Requests on Human Trafficking Cases

Top Ways the Caller Found the Hotline

Top Caller Types

The data displayed on this site is generated from information communicated to the National Human Trafficking Hotline via calls, emails, or webforms. The National Hotline cannot verify the accuracy of the information reported. This is not a comprehensive report on the scale or scope of human trafficking within an area. These statistics may be subject to change.

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